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Toshiba 32WLT68PG

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Theres something very very special about a beautiful thing. Especially if that thing is sitting in your living room, plugged into a nice HD player and pumping out video which would make angels weep. Yes, the Toshiba 32WLT68PG is that very thing.

I have a bit of a Goldilocks syndrome when it comes to HDTVs. Too big and it swamps the room, too small and it looks like it needs a PC or a keyboard tucked underneath it. But a 32″ TV for me is the perfect size. And the 32WLT68PG from Toshiba, I have to say, competes with the best on the market today.

The sound quality is excellent with a nice deep bass to boot. The picture quality, once you’ve hooked it up via an HDMI interface is priceless. Especially with a nice decent HD broadcast you can really see the beauty of this machine. With an excellent contrast ratio of 3500:1 you would be hard pressed to find nicer models on the market.

 

 

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Sharp LC20AD5EBK

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Who said small isn’t beautiful?

The LC20AD5EBK from Sharp is a 20 inch LCD HD Ready TV packed with a tonne of features. For the lesser endowed rooms out there this HDTV can be a perfect fit, delivering a HD picture in a compact size. The 16:9 aspect ratio can display up to 1366×768 resolution, and as always the integrated FREEVIEW Digital Tuner eliminates the issues related to cable connections and feeds the HD signal directly into the box.

The contrast ratio is a little on the low side at 1200:1 and with only a single HDMI Input which may be a problem down the road when HDMI devices become more numerous.

There are other HDTVs out there in the 20 inch range which do deliver a more powerful punch than the LC20AD5EBK but its one system I wouldn’t leave out of the list.

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Sony 40S2010

Sony 40S2010 - 40? Widescreen

The Sony Bravia range of TVs have been popping around for quite a while now. Needless to say the quality of these machines is to say the least outstanding. No less can be said about the current range of Bravia HDTVs.

The 40S2010 is part of the new S & V Series BRAVIA models, which incorporate ‘ Live Colour Creation’ , a new concept from Sony which from what I’ve seen creates an incredible natural color effect. One handy aspect of the 40S2010 is the viewing angle, running at a generous 178 degrees. Perfect for Big Game Nights when the sofa is jampacked. The image response time, that effect you only notice when you shouldn’t is excellent with fairly zippy ghostless movie experience.

Along with its built in Digital Terrestrial tuner and 1300:1 contrast this is one model you will not want to miss.

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Sony KDL-40S2010 - 40″ Widescreen Braiva HD Ready LCD TV

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Toshiba 23HLV87

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Many homes would love a HDTV but in reality many of the standard LCD screens available today are just too darn big. Not a problem for the 23HV87 HDTV from Toshiba. It may be one of the smaller HDTV screens on the market but it comes with a nice extra, a build in DVD player.

The quality of the image, like most of the current Toshiba models is excellent. You would need to watch out for the picture quality when using a standard cable input but the beauty of having a build in DVD player intergrated directly into the HDTV is that there is no image quality loss due to connection issues.

One nice feature of the 23HLV87 is its built in Digital Comb filter. This tries to eliminate as much detail noise, color bleed and dot crawl from the available broadcast sources.

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